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THE rotor blades are deafening as our chopper swoops down onto a rocky outcrop beside the Mokihinui River. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE rotor blades are deafening as our chopper swoops down onto a rocky outcrop beside the Mokihinui River. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE rotor blades are deafening as our chopper swoops down onto a rocky outcrop beside the Mokihinui River. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

VINCENT VAN GOGH may have been minus an ear and borderline bonkers during his stay in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, but the Dutch master painted some of his greatest works here, in the bustling French tourist town near Avignon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

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THE romance of packing a suitcase, planning the route, downloading your favourite driving tracks and hitting the road is still one of the greatest thrills of travel. Even more so now that flying has become such a burden. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE romance of packing a suitcase, planning the route, downloading your favourite driving tracks and hitting the road is still one of the greatest thrills of travel. Even more so now that flying has become such a burden. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The room is as clean and clinical as a hospital surgery. Tools are laid out in neat lines and lights illuminate a spotless work area. A trolley has just been wheeled in and two men wearing Latex gloves are operating on the latest subject. This isn't a private complex in Switzerland but a barn, hidden deep in the English countryside. And instead of a human body, the trolley is laden with a 45-year-old E-Type Jaguar, about to undergo the ultimate in cosmetic surgery. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It's 50°C and sweat is dripping down his forehead into his eyes. He rubs it away, leaving a dark smudge of desert dust. He scans the area and then picks up his telescopic sight to get a better view. His body is aching badly. He's been in this 6ft by 6ft hole for four days and is starting to get cramp. But with the roof barely an inch above his head, there isn't even room to stretch out his arms. And he has to share this tiny space with a 'spotter', the man he's here to protect. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Hiding an aircraft carrier should be very hard indeed. But our Sikorsky S-61 helicopter has been skimming the surface of the North Sea for 30 minutes - we are so low that the distant swell disappears above the blades of the chopper - and I cannot find any part of the 680ft HMS Illustrious. And I've got a window seat. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

They were once loved by the British Army, prime ministers, and kings and queens alike. Humbers were known as the poor man's Rolls-Royce. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE donkey has a sticker on his forehead that reads 'do not feed me anything'. Oatman mules look harmless enough but this old Arizona mining town on America's Route 66 is a rich seam of unlikely attractions for anyone on an epic road trip. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE donkey has a sticker on his forehead that reads 'do not feed me anything'. Oatman mules look harmless enough but this old Arizona mining town on America's Route 66 is a rich seam of unlikely attractions for anyone on an epic road trip. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HOLLYWOOD heart-throb George Clooney joked that his wife Amal had banned him from taking a motorcycle trip ever again after he was thrown 20 ft through the air in an accident in Sardinia last year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HOLLYWOOD heart-throb George Clooney joked that his wife Amal had banned him from taking a motorcycle trip ever again after he was thrown 20 ft through the air in an accident in Sardinia last year. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE world's most beautiful classic car rally — the Mille Miglia — is a 1,000-mile extravaganza of polished paintwork and gleaming chrome that revs into gear along some of Italy's prettiest roads. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

THE world's most beautiful classic car rally — the Mille Miglia — is a 1,000-mile extravaganza of polished paintwork and gleaming chrome that revs into gear along some of Italy's prettiest roads. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HE donkey police are in pursuit as my hapless steed runs out of control through Jordan's most popular tourist destination. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

HE donkey police are in pursuit as my hapless steed runs out of control through Jordan's most popular tourist destination. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Holly Willoughby is now one of TV's biggest stars, co-hosting This Morning with Phillip Schofield as well as - until very recently - the celebrity reality show Dancing On Ice. Her new role is arguably her biggest yet: host of singing competition The Voice. The BBC show, which has been hugely successful in America, has star judges such as Tom Jones, Wil.I.Am, Jessie J and our own Danny O'Donoghue, and goes head to head with Britain's Got Talent. She is married to TV producer Dan Baldwin. They live in London and have two children, Harry, two, and Belle, who is one in April. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Charley Boorman has made a career out of being Ewan McGregor's best mate. Yet the amiable biker was in the spotlight first, with a brief appearance in the 1972 thriller Deliverance, directed by his father, John Boorman. Charley went on to appear in a string of his father's films during the Eighties, such as Excalibur, The Emerald Forest and Hope And Glory. His biggest break didn't come until 1997, however, when he met a young actor called Ewan McGregor. The pair discovered they were both motorcycle-mad, and in 2004 they embarked on a 19,000-mile road trip from London to New York via Asia, in Long Way Round. They followed it up in 2007 with Long Way Down, riding from John O'Groats to Cape Town. Since then, Boorman has filmed two more long-distance adventures called By Any Means. Last month he set off on a motorbike ride from Cape Town to Victoria Falls, and a third instalment of Long Way… is planned with McGregor for 2011. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A wild wind is howling around the Scottish glens and snow on the peaks means it's still cold enough to send an icy chill up your kilt. Boc Beag isn't the tallest summit in the Highlands but today it feels every inch a mountain - and, worse still, I'm being chased across the hillside by a 17st giant. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Ricky Ponting, Australia's mouthy cricket captain, is set to come out swinging when the Ashes start in Brisbane on Thursday. He is the second highest scoring batsman ever in Test cricket, having scored more than 12,000 runs. Now 35, there have inevitably been questions raised about his impending retirement, weaknesses in his batting form, poor captaincy and supposedly going 'soft'. But that's only when he isn't within swinging distance with a cricket bat. He now lives in a luxury riverside home in Sydney with his with wife Rianna and daughter Emmy, two. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Born and bred in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, Alan Hinkes began climbing when he was still at school. In 2005, he became the first Briton to have climbed all 14 of the world's highest mountains, the Eight Thousanders - peaks over 8,000m high. He's also a professional guide, environmentalist and film-maker, having made 11 documentaries including the acclaimed Summit Fever. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Born in Missouri, in 1949, Tom Watson turned pro in 1971 and was named PGA Player of the Year in 1977. He was world No 1 from 1978 to 1982 and has gone on to win eight major championships, often against arch rival Jack Nicklaus. He won the British Open five times and at last year's championship, then aged 59, finished runner-up to Stewart Cink, after a memorable play-off. Watson will tee off on Thursday at St Andrews in the 2010 Open Championship. He and his wife Hilary live on a 400-acre ranch near Kansas City. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Born into a wealthy German family in 1967, Boris Becker won the first of three Wimbledon singles titles when he was just 17 - the youngest man ever to do so. Since retiring in 1999 he has set up a string of businesses, investing in car dealerships, property and branded tennis gear. Becker married actress Barbara Feltus in 1993 and the couple had two sons. Their marriage ended in 2001, following his infamous liaison with Angela Ermakova in London restaurant Nobu. He now lives in London with his second wife, Dutch model Sharlely Kerssenberg, and their fivemonth-old son, Amadeus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]